Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Cifras

Song: Hit me with your rhythm stick
Artist: Ian Dury and The Blockheads
Composers: Ian Dury and Chas Jankel
1978 single release
 
Tabbed by DJ  4th Aug 2016
 
CAPO: 1st fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of Fm)
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
option for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
 
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
Em7  = 020000   C   = x35553    E/G#  = 4x2400
Em11 = 020200   D   = x57775    F#m/A = x04222
A    = x02220   Eb  = x68886    E7#9  = 076780
B    = x24442   E   = 022100    G7    = 353433
D/F# = 20023x   F#m = 244222    G#7   = 464544
                                A7    = 575655
^ = Emphasise these beats
 
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[Intro]
        Em7   Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7
||:  /___/     /___/     /___/     /___/  :||[x4]
   A   A       B   B
|  /___/   /   /___/   /  |
   ^   ^       ^   ^
        Em7   Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7
||:  /___/     /___/     /___/     /___/  :||[x2]
 
[Verse 1]
       Em7        D/F#    Em7
In the deserts ...of Su - dan,
        C               Em7
And the gardens of Ja - pan,
          Em7    D/F#   Em7
From Mi - lan to Yuca - tan,
      C               D      D Eb
Every woman, ...every man!   ^  ^
 
[Chorus 1]
E      F#m       E/G#   F#m/A     E7#9       E7#9
Hit me with your rhythm stick, ...hit me, ...hit me!
                                   ^   ^      ^   ^
E        F#m        E/G#  F#m/A
Je t'a - dore!  Ich liebe dich!
E7#9               E7#9
Hit me, hit me, ...hit me!
^   ^              ^   ^
E      F#m       G7     G#7
Hit me with your rhythm stick,
A7     G#7       G7          F#7
Hit me slowly,    ...hit me quick,
A         B         Em7 Em11 Em7  Em11  Em7  Em11 Em7
Hit me,...hit me ...hit              ...me-------!
 ^  ^      ^  ^
   A   A       B   B
|  /___/   /   /___/   /  |
   ^   ^       ^   ^
        Em7   Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7
||:  /___/     /___/     /___/     /___/  :||[x2]
 
[Verse 2]
        Em7     D/F#    Em7
In the wilds of Borne - o,
        C                  Em7
And the vineyards of Bor - deaux,
       Em7     D/F#   Em7
Eski - mo, A - rapa - ho,
           C              D      D Eb
Move their body ...to and fro!   ^  ^
 
[Chorus 2]
E      F#m       E/G#   F#m/A     E7#9       E7#9
Hit me with your rhythm stick, ...hit me, ...hit me!
                                   ^   ^      ^   ^
E       F#m          E/G#     F#m/A
Das ist gut!   C'est fantas - tique!
E7#9               E7#9
Hit me, hit me, ...hit me!
^   ^              ^   ^
E      F#m       G7     G#7
Hit me with your rhythm stick,
     A7      G#7   G7    F#7
It's nice to be a luna - tic,
A         B         Em7 Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7
Hit me,...hit me ...hit me-------!
 ^  ^     ^  ^
[Break]
        Em7   Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7
||:  /___/     /___/     /___/     /___/  :||[x4]
 
A         B         Em7
Hit me,...hit me ...hit...
 ^  ^     ^  ^
    [Mute the strings and scrub a rhythm]
||:  /___/     /___/     /___/     /___/  :||[x8]
 
        Em7   Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7
||:  /___/     /___/     /___/     /___/  :||[x4]
 
[Verse 3]
       Em7     D/F#  Em7         C               Em7
In the dock of Tiger Bay, on the road to Manda - lay,
           Em7    D/F#  Em7
From Bom - bay to Santa Fe,
         C                     D      D Eb
O'er the hills, ...and far a - way!   ^ ^
 
[Chorus 3]
E      F#m       E/G#   F#m/A     E7#9       E7#9
Hit me with your rhythm stick, ...hit me, ...hit me!
                                   ^   ^      ^   ^
E        F#m         E/G#   F#m/A
C'est si bon, mmm?   Ist es nicht?
E7#9               E7#9
Hit me, hit me, ...hit me!
^   ^              ^   ^
E      F#m       G7     G#7
Hit me with your rhythm stick,
A7      G#7      G7            F#7
Two fat persons, click, click, click,
A         B         Em7 Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7
Hit me,...hit me ...hit .....me-------!
 ^  ^     ^  ^
A         B         Em7 Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7
Hit me,...hit me ...hit me-------!
 ^  ^     ^  ^
[Coda]
   Em7 Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7  Em11 Em7
|: Hit me!                         :||[Repeat]
    ^  ^
[Suggestion for ending]
A         B         Em7 Em11
Hit me,...hit me ...hit me-------!
 ^  ^     ^  ^      ^   ^
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